Why do you say that?
I think it cannot possibly help Obama to have this thing going on an on!
WHen the really bad stuff starts hitting those pristine FL beaches and Key West, I think it will be a PR nightmare for him (sort of like Katrina images were for GW).
It’ll justify draconian restrictions on off-shore drilling, and silence critics of those restrictions. Everyone who resents paying $6 a gallon at the pump just wants another BP disaster. So right now, it pays to pour a little oil on their Reichstag fire.